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Electronics prices in the EU are simply crazy. I did these calculations a while back on various Mac models and the price difference was actually not that large
by microtonal 4y ago
Electronics prices in the EU are simply crazy.
I did these calculations a while back on various Mac models and the price difference was actually not that large. The US prices are without VAT. Add the 19 or 21% of VAT that is typical for EU countries and it's almost the same. The difference grew a bit, because the Euro became a bit stronger relative to the USD since Apple made their last announcements.
mini-PC that would be energy efficient and I could run some AI experiments on
Don't do that, an M2 has very limited compute. A cheap RTX2060 Super from some years back will be many many times faster when you use Tensor Cores.
- 908B64B197 4y ago> Add the 19 or 21% of VAT that is typical for EU countries and it's almost the same. These taxes seem punitive. For essential goods such as computers, that seems way too high.
- microtonal 4y agoSeems completely fair to me? A good computer lasts many years, the cost (outside Macs) has gone down a lot and you can get a second hand computer at very low prices. Also a lot of other tech-related costs are much lower here than compared to e.g. the US, like much more affordable broadband internet.